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Friday, July 29, 2011

BBC History magazineBBC History Magazine - 29th July 2011
John K Walton explores the British seaside holiday while Ralph Houlbrooke delves into the reign of Edward VI. To find out more, visit www.historyextra.com
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Book ReviewHelen Schulman on her novel, "The Beautiful Life"; how computers reveal the jargon of fiction; best-seller news.
This week, Helen Schulman on her novel, "The Beautiful Life"; linguist Ben Zimmer explains how computers reveal the jargon of fiction; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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The Korea SocietySecretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at The Korea Society 2011 Annual Dinner
On July 19th, 2011, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the members, friends, and supporters of The Korea Society at the organization’s 2011 Annual Dinner in New York City. He spoke about his unanimous election to a second term as Secretary-General, the strength of the U.S.-Korea partnership, and the obligation to help spread the “Korean dream” of “development, good governance, good government, human rights, peace and prosperity.”
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On BeingWords That Shimmer from The Civil Conversations Project
Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days. We're hungry for fresh ways to tell hard truths and redemptive stories, for language that would elevate and embolden rather than demean and alienate. Elizabeth Alexander shares her sense of what poetry works in us -- and in our children -- and why it may become more relevant, not less so, in hard and complicated times.
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The Christian Humanist PodcastTheological Dramatics
Michial Farmer moderates a discussion with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about Nathan's recent book Theological Dramatics: Two Christological Case Studies. Along with some discussions of John Milton's Paradise Regained and Aemelia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (the two texts that the book discusses), the conversation ranges into the relationships between poetry, sermon, and criticism; and church and academy. Among the texts, ideas, and writers that we discuss are John Milton, Aemeila Lanyer, the possibility of Christian literary criticism, New Historicism, and Jesus poems.
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About Anne is a Man!

I am an avid listener to podcasts. When I noticed my friends kept asking me for listening tips, I realized I should publish them on my blog. So that is what I do. Whatever good I have found in my playlist, I report. Thus you are helped to discover what you like.
I am originally from the Netherlands, but I have moved to Israel some ten years ago. I am married and have two children. [more]

The most elite of the podcast reviewers (and most especially in the History genre). We use Anne is a Man! as a sort of barometer for how we are doing. Anne is a Man can assume the role of THE podcast reviewer on line; no one does it as well as he does.